Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a retired tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles.

Tennis career

In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first

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main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33

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. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for

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that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to

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. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles. She won her first WTA title in Bogotá by defeating No. 18 Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogotá and the quarterfinals at Estoril, Palermo, and Bad Gastein. She ended at No. 72 in the world in singles. In 2011, she won her second WTA Tour title, defeating

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